WEIGHTS

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Must be just
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. (Leviticus 19:35-3635Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. 36Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. (Leviticus 19:35‑36))
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. (Deuteronomy 25:13-1513Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. 14Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. 15But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. (Deuteronomy 25:13‑15))
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. (Proverbs 11:11A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. (Proverbs 11:1))
A just weight and balance are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work. (Proverbs 16:1111A just weight and balance are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work. (Proverbs 16:11))
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord. (Proverbs 20:1010Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord. (Proverbs 20:10))
Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good. (Proverbs 20:2323Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good. (Proverbs 20:23))
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? (Micah 6:10-1110Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? 11Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? (Micah 6:10‑11))
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